Electrically conductive polyparaphenylene polymers, and methods for their preparation and use
First Claim
1. A method of producing an electrically conductive, solution processible polymer comprising the steps of:
- placing a nonreactive electrode into contact with an aprotic solution of biphenyl, said aprotic solution further comprising a supporting electrolyte; and
passing a current through the electrode and the biphenyl solution such that the electrode becomes the anode and such that a polymer is electrochemically deposited on the electrode.
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Abstract
Electrically conductive polyparaphenylene polymer compositions are disclosed, as well as methods for their preparation and use, including use of the polymers in constructing a sensor. The polymer compositions have the characteristics of being both solution processible, as well as electrically conductive. The polymers are produced by placing a metal electrode into an aprotic solution of biphenyl. Current is then passed through the electrode such that the electrode becomes the anode and such that the biphenyl polymerizes and is deposited on the electrode. A sensor is produced by incorporating a sensor species into a polyparaphenylene polymer prepared according to the teaching of the present invention. This can be accomplished by polymerizing the biphenyl in the presence of the sensor species.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of producing an electrically conductive, solution processible polymer comprising the steps of:
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placing a nonreactive electrode into contact with an aprotic solution of biphenyl, said aprotic solution further comprising a supporting electrolyte; and passing a current through the electrode and the biphenyl solution such that the electrode becomes the anode and such that a polymer is electrochemically deposited on the electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19)
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12. A method of producing electrically conductive, processible polyparaphenylene from biphenyl, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining an aprotic solution of biphenyl; (b) adding an electrolyte to the solution; (c) placing an electrode into the solution; (d) passing a current in the range of from about 1 nA/cm2 to about 1 A/cm2 through the electrode and the solution such that the electrode becomes the anode and such that polyparaphenylene is deposited on the surface of the electrode, while maintaining the solution at from about 15°
C. to about 30°
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- 15. An electrically conductive, solution processible polymer comprising polyparaphenylene prepared by introducing a nonreactive electrode into an aprotic solution of biphenyl, said solution further comprising a supporting electrolyte, and passing current through the electrode such that the polymer is electrochemically deposited on the electrode.
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